A wire of length 28 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a square and the other into a circle. What should be the length of the two pieces so that the combined area of the square and the circle is minimum?

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Shiksha Nation · Accepted Answer

Let a piece of length l be cut from the given wire to make a square.Then, the other piece of wire to be made into a circle is of length (28 − l) m.Now, side of square  36y + 12x – 227 = 0

A wire of length 28 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a square and the other into a circle. What should be the length of the two pieces so that the combined area of the square and the circle is minimum?

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